Assaf Shechnai

Assaf Shechnai (died 10 December 1947) was a Palmach captain who was killed by Arabs during the Palestinian Civil War.

Biography
Assaf Shechnai was a Palmach leader from the Negev region of southern Israel, and during the aftermath of World War II he became a commander of a patrol of Palmach troops near the Arab village of Shu'ut. He was good friends with the headman of the village, an Arab, but he was unaware of the change of attitude during the 1947 Palestinian Civil War. While patrolling with some of his men along a water pipeline, he assured his men that reports that the Arabs would attack were false, as the Arab chief was a good friend. However, these relations meant nothing and Shechnai was killed with all of his men.